(Tehran) A former student of Iranian director Asghar Farhadi, who won two Oscars, has filed a complaint against him, accusing him of plagiarizing his work for his latest film A heroawarded the Grand Prix at the Cannes Film Festival.
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Azadeh Masihzadeh, who studied cinema under Asghar Farhadi, says the film is based on his documentary All Winners All Losers.
A herochosen this year by Iran to represent the country at the Oscars, tells the story of an inmate who becomes famous after finding a purse of gold coins and giving it to its owner instead of keeping it for him, despite his extreme poverty.
“Three complaints have been filed against the film,” Ms.and Kaveh Rad, attorney for the director. Two are from M.me Masihzadeh and another comes from the prisoner who inspired this feature film, who accuses Mr. Farhadi of defamation, according to the same source.
Two of the complaints were dismissed, but one of them, the one concerning the copyrights of Mme Masihzadeh, was retained during a first judgment, indicated Mand Radi.
The film’s French producer, Alexandre Mallet-Guy, said he was “firmly convinced that the court will dismiss Mr.me Masihzadeh. »
“She cannot claim ownership of stories in the public domain, given that the prisoner’s story was leaked in newspaper articles and TV reports years before the publication of M’s documentary.me Masihzadeh,” he said in a statement.
“The story of this former prisoner finding gold in the street and returning it to its owner is only the starting point of the plot ofA hero. The rest is pure Asghar’s invention,” he says.
Mr. Farhadi, who received two Academy Awards in the Best Foreign Language Film category for A separation (2011) and The traveling salesman (2016), did not comment.
A hero had received in 2021 the Grand Prix of the Cannes Film Festival, the second most prestigious prize after the Palme d’Or.